Race and Resurrection: Contesting Colorblind White Supremacy with Biblical Resources. Issue 1 (April 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Norris, Kristopher
• Is Part Of: Theology today. Volume 77:Issue 1(2020)
• Page Start: 33
• Page End: 46
• Publication Date: 2020-04
• Subjects: colorblindness -- womanist -- feminist -- Paul -- race -- resurrection -- body -- white supremacy; Theology -- Periodicals; Calvinism -- Periodicals; Théologie -- Périodiques; Calvinisme -- Périodiques; 230.005
• DOI: 10.1177/0040573620902409
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0040-5736

Abstract

This essay argues that Paul's discourses in 1 Corinthians 12 and 15 concerning the church as the Body of Christ and the resurrection of the body offer a biblical challenge to colorblind white supremacy when read in conversation with feminist and womanist theologians. Reading Paul through feminist and womanist treatments of the body and trauma provides a nuanced theology of the body and a complex account of the concrete wounds of white supremacy while also presenting theological and ethical resources for resisting colorblindness.